Impact assessment of an automated drug-dispensing system in a tertiary hospital

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the costs and patient safety of a pilot implementation of an automated dispensing cabinet in a critical care unit of a private tertiary hospital in São Paulo/Brazil. METHODS: This study considered pre- (January-August 2013) and post- (October 2013-October 2014) intervention p...

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Main Authors: Débora de-Carvalho, José Luiz Alvim-Borges, Cristiana Maria Toscano
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Faculdade de Medicina / USP
Series:Clinics
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1807-59322017001000629&lng=en&tlng=en